Shares on Wall Street fell sharply on Friday as new confirmed coronavirus infections in the US hit a record high, prompting Texas and Florida to reverse the course of business reopening. The combination injected new concerns into a market that has been at its peak since April in hopes that …

MEXICO CITY – The Mexico City police chief was shot and wounded and two of his bodyguards were killed in a dramatic assassination attempt early Friday that quickly blamed one of Mexico’s most powerful drug gangs, the Cartel de the New Generation of Jalisco (CJNG). The city’s chief of public …

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday to redirect federal employers to weigh applicants’ skills on college degrees. “Today, I will sign an executive order directing the federal government to replace obsolete (title-based) hiring with skills-based hiring,” Trump said Friday during a meeting with the American Labor Policy Advisory …

The ancient city of Tikal rises above the rain forest in northern Guatemala. Credit: David Lentz / UC The reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Mayan city were so contaminated with mercury and algae that the water was probably undrinkable. Researchers from the University of Cincinnati found toxic levels …

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a strong penalty kick and created goals for Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain when Juventus beat Lecce 10-man 4-0 on Friday to stretch their lead over Lazio to the top of Serie A to seven points. – Stream Series A games on ESPN + – Inner notebook: …